For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain.
Religion is a fascinating black hole to me.
One thing I must tell you. Idolatry in India does not mean anything horrible. It is not the mother of harlots.
Although I'm an atheist who believes only in great nature, I recognize the spiritual richness and grandeur of the Roman Catholicism in which I was raised.
To withhold our bodies from religion is to exclude religion from our lives.
Religion, therefore, as I now ask you arbitrarily to take it, shall mean for us the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine. Since the relation may be either moral, physical, or ritual, it is evident that out of religion in the sense in which we take it, theologies, philosophies, and ecclesiastical organizations may secondarily grow.
Religion [is] the universal obsessional neurosis of humanity
I remember how my mother would bring us to chapel on Sundays... and my father used to wait outside. One of the things that I picked up from my father and my mother was the sense that religion often gets in the way of God. For me, at least, it got in the way.
Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship.
Religion as a whole specializes in sin management. It's all about organizing humanity in such a way that we cause as little damage as possible.
If any one saith, that all Christians have power to administer the word, and all the sacraments; let him be anathema.
“Be anathema” means excommunicated.
Kumbh Mela is the best way to get an insight of our culture.
My ancestors had to keep their customs secret for fear of death or persecution, so it's common to be secretive and discreet about Regla de Ocha. But it's my family's spirituality, so I don't want to keep it secret.
Christianity . . . sees the necessity for man to have spiritual values and it shows him how to get at those through physical sacraments.
It was the experience of mystery - even if mixed with fear - that engendered religion.
Spirituality is complicated. I do not belong to any particular religious group, but I have profound respect for people who devote their lives to faith.
Religion?" Mr Kumar grinned broadly. "I don't believe in religion. Religion is darkness.
'Bramhotsavam' is a celebration of families, life and togetherness. It's a film I hold close to my heart.
I used to hate religion, I loathed it in my angry days.
For most people, religion is nothing more than a substitute for a malfunctioning brain. If people need religion, ignore them and maybe they will ignore you, and you can go on with your life. It wasn't until I was beginning to do Star Trek that the subject of religion arose. What brought it up was that people were saying that I would have a chaplain on board the Enterprise. I replied, "No, we don't.
Patterns of repetition govern each day, week, year, and lifetime. 'Personal habits' is one term we use to describe the most common of these repeated patterns. But I say these habits are sacred because they give deliberate structure to our lives. Structure gives us a sense of security. And that sense of security is the ground of meaning.
My religion teaches me that whenever there is distress which one cannot remove, one must fast and pray.
Social media has lots of benefits, but compared to Christianity, it tends to group people by interests. Religion puts you with people who have nothing in common except that you're human.
Have your heart right with Christ, and he will visit you often, and so turn weekdays into Sundays, meals into sacraments, homes into temples, and earth into heaven.
Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press.
